In the 50 years since the tragedy, authorities have become much better able to forecast tropical cyclones. They can now warn ...

But many others did, and continue to prosper in the resilient tropical city — a city razed twice in the 20th century, once by Tracy, once by war. While Tracy remains the most powerful cyclone to ...

Cyclone Tracy survivors broke down in tears as Prime ... survivors and dignitaries embracing each other as they stood where the tropical cyclone first made landfall half a century ago.

That's probably the biggest impact. It really got to me.” Tracy was by no means the most powerful cyclone recorded in Australia, but its path directly through Darwin devastated the city.

Wreckage left in Tracy’s wake. Credit: Nine The ceremony concluded with families, survivors and dignitaries embracing each other as they stood where the tropical cyclone first made landfall half ...

Cyclone Tracy survivors broke down in tears as Prime ... survivors and dignitaries embracing each other as they stood where the tropical cyclone first made landfall half a century ago.

Five decades on, Cyclone Tracy continues to cast a long shadow on our tropical home. Cyclone Tracy began forming as a tropical low on December 20, 1974, in the Arafura Sea, between Timor and West ...